2004 National Rv Ragen Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2004 National Rv Ragen, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Body & structure555.6%
- Tires & wheels444.4%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Body & structure
Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.
From owner reports, verbatim
I OWN A 2004 RAGE'N LX 3435-5J 5TH WHEEL TOY HAULER MANUFACTURED BY NATIONAL RV. THE FRAME OF THIS TRAILER IS MANUFACTURED BY LIPPERT SOMETIME IN 2003. AROUND OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR I NOTICED THAT THE FIBERGLASS EXTERIOR AROUND THE HITCH PIN WAS DISTORTING WHEN I WOULD LOWER THE TRAILER ONTO MY TRUCKS HITCH. I ALSO BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT THE INTERIOR FLOOR CABINETS OVER THE HITCH PIN WERE BEGINNING TO PULL AWAY FROM THE SIDE WALLS. I TOOK THE TRAILER TO JOHNNY WALKER SERVICE AND THEY PEELED THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER AND DID A REPAIR THE "MANUFACTURER", (I DON'T KNOW WHICH), SAID WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I PUT APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 200 MILES ON THE TRAILER AND NOTICED THAT THE SAME CABINETS ARE NOW PULLING AWAY FROM THE FRONT WALL. JOHNNY WALKER SERVICE STILL HAS THE TRAILER AND IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS IS OCCURRING BUT THIS STRUCTURAL FAILURE HAS NOW REAPPEARED AFTER WHAT WAS A MANUFACTURERS "SOLUTION" WAS APPLIED. THE MANUFACTURER OBVIOUSLY KNOWS THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF PROBLEM OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SUGGESTED A "FIX". I DON'T FEEL SAFE KNOWING THE POSSIBILITY OF A 10,000 TO 12,000 TRAILER MAY BREAK LOOSE ON THE BACK OF MY TRUCK WHILE MOVING. I HAD PICTURES TAKEN OF THE REPAIRS MADE PRIOR TO THE EXTERIOR BEING REAPPLIED. *TR
FRAME FLEXING IN PIN BOX AREA LEADING TO PIN BOX COLLAPSE INTO FRONT OF TRAILER AND POSSIBLE SEPARATION FROM TOW VEHICLE. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Tires & wheels
Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.
From owner reports, verbatim
FRAME FLEXING IN PIN BOX AREA LEADING TO PIN BOX COLLAPSE INTO FRONT OF TRAILER AND POSSIBLE SEPARATION FROM TOW VEHICLE. *TR
AFTER EXITING A 20 MPH LEFT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH THE RIGHT SIDE TIRES BOTH BLEW. AFTER PULLING TO THE SHOULD OF THIS NARROW ROAD I INSPECTED THE TIRES AND FOUND THE CENTER BRACKET FOR THE TRUNNION HAD COLLAPSED INWARD. THIS CAUSED BOTH TIRES TO RUB ON THE FRAME AND FAIL. I PUT THE SPARE ON TO MOVE TRAILER OUT OF THE ROADWAY IT TO BLEW, BUT WAS ABLE TO LAST LOG ENOUGH TO PARK TRAILER AT A SAFER LOCATION. AS A PROFESSIONAL DRIVER I HAD INSPECTED THE TRAILER PRIOR TO OUR TRIP AND FOUND NO SIGNS OF FATIGUE OR DAMAGE. A MOBILE TRUCK REPAIR PERSON CAME OUT AFTER 4 DAYS AND FIXED THE BRACKET TEMPORARILY SO I COULD GET IT TO A CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP. DEALER FOUND THAT THE OTHER 5 BRACKETS HAD ALSO BEEN BENT DUE TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE TRUNNION BRACKET. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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